Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Gatlinburg, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Gatlinburg who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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